New Oral Anaticoagulant Prescribing Decisions amongst General Practitioners: Handle with Care by Ann Kirby, Aileen Murphy, Colin Bradley

“…**Conclusions:** Our study highlights the importance for general practitioners prescribing NOACs and caring for patients on oral anticoagulants, of adequate education, of appropriate patient selection and of appropriate monitoring of such patients. …”
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Association of systemic inflammatory response index and stroke: a cross-sectional study of NHANES, 2005–2018 by Aokai Tian, Yafang Zheng, Jing Jin, Chunyuan Huang

“…Additional interaction tests and subgroup analysis revealed that age, sex, race, education, marriage, BMI (body mass index), smoking, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and coronary heart disease (CHD) were not positively correlated (p interaction >0.05). …”
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Leadership and management skills for student nurses: a scoping review by Hadi Zulhiqman Abdul-Rahim, Shahrimawati H. Sharbini, Mursidi Ali, Sarena Haji Hashim, Khadizah H. Abdul-Mumin

“…Results Thematic analysis highlighted that communication skills are crucial for student nurses to become effective clinical leaders, leveraging their educational experiences. Mentorship plays a pivotal role in developing leadership and management skills. …”
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Language as a Source of Liberation, and Language as a Source of Control by Jonathan Luxmoore

“…It also explains why, over the course of history, the wielders of power have sought to restrict or alter the use of language - by controlling education, culture, social customs, awareness of history and perceptions of identity. …”
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Posttraumatic stress disorder and associated factors in the aftermath of the 2015 earthquake in Nepal: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Prayash Paudel, Asutosh Sah, Anil Khanal

“…The subgroup analyses revealed that the incidence of posttraumatic stress disorder after an earthquake varied significantly across studies in terms of the time of assessment, sex, age, marital status, ethnicity, educational level, disease history, bereavement, injury to the body, witnessing death, social support, loss of property and damage to one's house. …”
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Parent-implemented early intervention design for improving speech and language skills among Mandarin-speaking infants and toddlers with cleft lip and/or palate by Sha Lai, Li Lu, Zhongliang Zhou, Chi Shen, Binting Yang, Binting Yang, Zhanping Ren, Zhanping Ren, Siwei Ma, Siwei Ma, Siwei Ma

“…A parent-implemented early intervention was developed, including the following specific steps: health education within the hospital, 9 days of an online reading program in WeChat groups, face-to-face standardized training workshops, and individualized video feedback therapy.ConclusionWe have devised a parent-implemented early intervention to enhance speech and language abilities in Mandarin-speaking infants and toddlers with CL/P, overcoming the shortage of speech therapy services in China.…”
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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF HIV/AIDS AWARENESS AND VULNERABILITY IN STATE-OWNED TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS OF BAUCHI NIGERIA by Sani Babaji

“…The first set of datum were made up of surveys(questionnaires)administered on students, while the second set is the qualitative datum obtained from the students using Focus Group Discussions( FGDs).The third set of the datum was obtained from the medical offices and students' affairs of the various institutions using in[1]depth- interviews(IDIs).The study populations are the entire students of Tertiary institutions in Bauchi State including both male and females students at different level of Educational program. In order to acquire objective and reliable data, the researcher adopted multistage method of sampling where the samples of the tertiary institution were selected, Stratified sampling was used to divide the Tertiary institutions in Bauchi State were divided into three strata namely; while simple random samplings were used to selects the samples of the faculties as well as the samples of the departments and the entire samples of the students for the research. …”
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Preoperative risk assessment and optimization integrating surgical and anesthetic principles and practices: a national survey for internists by Marc-Antoine Lepage, Annie Lecavalier, Gabriele Baldini, Ning-Zi Sun, Amal Bessissow

“…Conclusions Overall, our findings identify significant knowledge gaps among Canadian internists in preoperative assessment of procedure-specific risk factors and can be used to inform both the development of educational initiatives and future research to improve the quality of preoperative patient care.…”
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Perception of individual and group discrimination among LGB individuals in Puerto Rico: A descriptive study by Caleb Esteban, Juan Aníbal González-Rivera

“…The area with the highest perceptions of group discrimination reported by the sample was the education/health category (M = .882), followed by culture/society (M=.827), politics (M=.803), maternity/paternity (M=.802) and locality (M=.791) respectively. …”
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Care intertwined with anxiety and helplessness: the experiences of ICU nurses from COVID-19 disease’s end of life—a qualitative study by Neda Asadi, Zahra Royani, Sirous Pourkhajoei

“…Sampling was based on maximum variation (age, gender, professional experience and educational level) to obtain rich information. Guba and Lincoln’s criteria were applied to increase the trustworthiness and rigour of the study, and the data were analysed using Graneheim and Lundman’s method and MAXQDA 2020.Results ICU nurses’ experiences of caring for patients with COVID-19 at the end of life are comprehensive, and four main themes emerged from the responses: fear of death due to COVID-19 infection; physical and psychological consequences of caring for patients dying from COVID-19; confusion in caring for patients with COVID-19 at the end of life and unbelievable deaths.Conclusion The present study looked at the experiences of Iranian nurses providing end-of-life care during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Burden of scabies in a Ghanaian penitentiary. by Yaw Ampem Amoako, Michael Ntiamoah Oppong, Dennis Odai Laryea, Gloria Kyem, Solomon Gyabaah, Abigail Agbanyo, Bernadette Agbavor, Nana Konama Kotey, Irene Dzathor, Felicia Owusu-Antwi, Kingsley Asiedu, Richard Odame Phillips, Ymkje Stienstra

“…MDA with ivermectin and health education are needed to reduce the burden of scabies in the prison. …”
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C-POS: A Context-Aware Adaptive Part-of-Speech Language Learning Framework by Shazia Maqsood, Abdul Shahid, Fakhra Nazar, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Ahmad, Manuel Mazzara

“…Therefore, English is being taught as an additional language at various levels of education. In traditional classrooms of non-English speaking countries, students only learn English in their language classes whereas they have few opportunities to practice English outside the classroom. …”
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Mother’s Characteristics and Socioeconomic Status as Possible Risk Factors for Children’s Caries in Jordan by Omar Al-Rashdan, Zaid AlZoubi, Mahmoud Ibrahimi, Amal Al-khraisha, Nabeel Almajali

“…Socioeconomic status of the family, mother’s habits, dental hygiene, and education level are important factors that influence the child’s oral health. …”
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Determinants of Dropping Out of Remote Patient-Reported Outcome–Based Follow-Up Among Patients With Epilepsy: Prospective Cohort Study by Sofie Bech Vestergaard, Mette Roost, David Høyrup Christiansen, Liv Marit Valen Schougaard

“…The associations were examined using multiple logistic regression analyses with adjustment for sex, age, education, and cohabitation. ResultsA total of 770 patients (33.7%) dropped out of remote PRO-based follow-up over 5 years. …”
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Weekend-Based Parent-Group Intervention to Reduce Stress in Parents of Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: A Pilot Study by Lucia Ferrito, Barbara Predieri, Dorina Pjetraj, Maria Cristina Alessandrelli, Manuela Pagnini, Antonio Iannilli, Monica Marino, Stefano Tombolini, Basilio Pintaudi, Giuseppe Lucisano, Fabiana Zani, Lorenzo Iughetti, Antonio Nicolucci, Valentino Cherubini

“…Sixty-two parents (29 mothers, 33 fathers) of 36 children with type 1 diabetes (mean age=11.3‐3.3 years; diabetes duration>1 year; HbA1c=57±11 mmol/mol) participated in a three-day educational working group pilot intervention study. …”
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A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Core Stability Exercises in Patients with Non-Specific Low Back Pain by Zachary Smrcina, Sarah Woelfel, Christopher Burcal

“… # Methods The literature was systematically searched in the PubMed, Sports Medicine & Education Index, and CINHAL databases, using the search terms core stabilization, low back pain, and exercise. …”
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Nutrition Therapy in the Transition between Hospital and Home: An Investigation of Barriers by Mette Holst, Henrik Højgaard Rasmussen

“…Barriers identified between settings included the following aspects: economic, organisation, and education. The impression of professionals was that few patients are discharged with nutrition therapy, compared to who could benefit from nutrition therapy after discharge. …”
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Perceptions, practices, and experiences of asthma patients and community pharmacists on short-acting beta-2 agonists inhaler use: A qualitative study by Rabia Hussain, Zhe Chi Loh, Bayan Faisal Ababneh, Jaya Muneswarao, Siew Chin Ong, Bandana Saini, Anees ur-Rehman, Vibhu Paudyal

“…Language barriers, health literacy, long waiting times, and public education were the most important believed determinants of the safe use of SABA inhalers.…”
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State of the literature discussing smoke-free policies globally: A narrative review by Jacqueline A. Teed, Meagan O. Robichaud, Michelle Duren, Hebe N. Gouda, Ryan David Kennedy

“…Some important insights from the literature related to smoke-free policy implementation included tobacco industry interference, the important role of civil society, and the need for effective communication, education, and leadership. Enforcement officials’ awareness and training, stakeholders’ attitudes and beliefs, and understanding social norms were identified as relevant determinants of effective smoke-free policies. …”
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Patient satisfaction toward doctor communication in medical clinics: a study from northern Sri Lanka by Shanjeeban Ponnuthurai, Suganthan Navaneethakrishnan, Rajeshkannan Nadarajah

“…The large proportion of patients (33.9%) had completed their tertiary education and most of the participants were unemployed (37.6%) or laborers (20.9%). …”
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